Turn Off Flash to Avoid 'Malvertising' Attacks

Financial scammers are infecting ads on Google’s ad network, and people who visit Examiner.com are at risk. These infected ads look legit, but they use Flash-based redirection to install malware and steal financial information. And you don’t even have to click on them to get infected with Zbot, the banking trojan that takes financial data. You just have to visit the page and have Flash enabled. (Update: Looks like it’s Cryptowall, a ransomware that encrypts files and then only decrypts them if you pay up.)